BIOCHEMISTRY MNEMONICS

 

Citric acid cycle components (Oh! Can I Keep Some Succinate For Myself?)

Oxaloacetate

Citrate

Isocitrate

Ketoglutanate

Succinyl CoA

Succinate

Fumarate

Malate

 

Purines (Guardian Angels are Pure with two wings)

Guanine and Adenine are Purines with two rings

 

Branched chain amino acids (LEVIS)

LEucine

Valine

ISoleucine

 

Niacin deficiency (4 D’s)

Diarrhoea

Dermatitis

Dementia

Death (if untreated)

 

Causes of metabolic acidosis with raised anion gap (MUDPILES)

Methanol

Uraemia

Diabetic ketoacidosis (and alcoholic/starvation ketoacidosis)

Propylene glycol

Isoniazid

Lactate

Ethylene glycol

Salicylates